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Gastric Bypass Surgery
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Weight Loss (Bariatric) Surgery—Is it Right for You?
Have you tried losing weight through conventional approaches to
weight loss and fail to see substantial results? Do you have a Body Mass
Index of 35-40 or more and need another...
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Weight Loss (Bariatric) Surgery—Is it Right for You?
Have you tried losing weight through conventional approaches to
weight loss and fail to see substantial results? Do you have a Body Mass
Index of 35-40 or more and need another method for losing weight? A BMI
of 40 is usually 100 pounds overweight for males and 80 pounds overweight
for females.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
more than one-third of United States adults (35.
7%) and about 17% (12.
5
million) of children and adolescents aged 2-19 are obese.
Obesity rates
remain high in America with the nation observing a dramatic increase in
obesity over the last 20 years.
Over the years, weight loss surgery (bariatric
surgery) has helped obese patients overcome serious health problems due to
their weight.
Weight loss surgery limits food intake and can restrict the
amount of food a person can digest.
Here, gastric bypass surgery and a
sleeve gastrectomy will be discussed as two of the many weight loss
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